Reading With Franklin 

Reading With Franklin – Now you can bring the enjoyment of Franklin the Turtle and all 
his friends into your classroom. This series of books for children teaches fantastic lessons 
about getting along with people and the problems that children have in their home and 
school life. Use the books to generate discussion and to have reading centers in your 
classroom where all the children are engaged in learning.

It is very simple to have an ongoing Franklin center in your classroom. Look through the 
extensive list of books that Paulette Bourgeois has published under the Franklin theme 
and if you wish you can show some of the movies and cartoon shows that are available 
about Franklin. Use the topic of each book as the lead in for your lesson, or use it simply 
for your Reading or Language Arts program.

The Reading With Franklin guide contains a wealth of activities that you can use with 
each book as well as suggestions for using them in your classroom. In this book, you also 
get the record keeping forms you need for making anecdotal notes about your 
conferences with the students and a record of how well they do with the activities.

Examples of what you will find in this book:

? Teaching Suggestions 

1. Have a Franklin costume designing contest. The costumes could be made in cut - out 
format. Suggestions for the book suited to this costume could also be given. 

2. Collect data on which book in the Franklin series is the favorite of the students. Graph 
the results. 

3. Create a mural based on one of the Franklin books. 

4. Role play the situation in one of the books. 

5. Have the students write their own Franklin adventure. 

6. Create a diorama based on one of the scenes from a book. 


Franklin Goes to School 
1. What was Franklin worried about? 
2. Why did he wake his parents so early? 
3. How did his tummy feel? Why? 
4. What did Franklin say when he was halfway to the bus stop? 
5. What did Beaver say about his favorite book? 
6. What did Rabbit say he could do? 
7. What was Franklin doing even after his friends were on the bus? 
8. What was Rabbit wondering about the teacher? 
9. What did Beaver want to know about school? 

Activity 2 
Draw a picture of Franklin and his friends at their new club house. 
Put the sign outside the door. 

Franklin's School Play 

Activity 2 

Design an invitation to a school play by your class. Include 
the date and time as well as the name of the play. 

Tell which students are playing the roles and give a brief 
summary of the play. 

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